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Plans..of The good and the Evil-The Remnant Log

Log
( I have Patch and Eclipse)
Patch-spy rat   
Eclipse-Raven and leader of The Remnant
Brookshire-Member of…Defenders?
Bandit-Head Guard of Ferravale
Xander-Leader of Defenders
Spoofed horde beasts

==This starts in the  Ferravale Head Guard office of Bandit===

   
Xander had the meeting and now he knows basically who is missing and who isn’t. He stops by the head guard office and knocks on the doorway and waits   

Patch had followed the badger"Hey...stripy..you know you could of helped me earlier...no ya all made ME fetch the two creepiest beasts of this area to come chat with Marek."   

The head guard is actually in a hurry today, as much as Bandit can be in a hurry. A map of the city is sprawled across his desk with various small blocks of wood spread across it.   

Without looking up the butter bellied fox replies bluntly, "I have little time to pander to vigilantes who can't even defend their own base. So please do make it quick."   

Xander glares at the fox and slams his paws onto the desk. Right now he is in his grandfather's armor and has the blade on his back. “I could report you to Blisa you know and I wasn’t there at the time, very few were...it’s not completely built yet. The point is they killed a friend, almost a 2nd friend and who knows whom they are looking for next"   

Patch frowns as he backs up a little, first time he seen the badger upset, "Ummm....I be sure he knows it’s important...he is slow stripy cause he needs exercise"   

The fox glances upward, raising an eyebrow to armor. He doesn't comment on how he reminds Bandit of a younger Zork. His glance then falls on Patch with narrowed eyes. "Consider it the price of leadership. Victory is shared between those under your command. Failure is taken by those in charge." Bandit leans backward, paws still resting on the desk. "What do you need, Xander?"   

Xander takes a calming breath before he speaks "I am sure you been updated. I even had a meeting with some Defenders, a couple are missing but I am hoping they are safe, I know at least a paw ful are captive at the base. "   

Patch snorts, he doesn’t like the head guard, or any guards it seems as he looks around the office, he may be looking for something to steal.   

"I've been updated. Right now, I'm making sure our defenses won't be easily breached. We need to attack them, and quickly. Their proximity to the town and... knowledge of our defenses... make them especially dangerous. The longer we wait to push them, the more time they have to dig themselves in." The fat fox winces, clutching his side.   

Xander watches the head guard and speaks again "I know, they use to or least some..work for Quade. if they try and attack here they may go after you"   

Patch asks, "wouldn’t they go after the chiefie?"   

"They will go after all of us," Bandit replies to patch. He sits down, wincing again. With a sigh he replies, "I'm afraid that I will be directing the battle from the side lines this time. I... never really recovered from my injuries in the mine. I, shouldn't even really be here but..." He takes a deep breath, "If there is anything you need, it will be made available. I can spare up to a quarter of the guard. Any less than that, and our defenses are compromized.   

Xander nods, he does frown a little as he thinks "You need a body guard, I could ask maybe...I know Ferro to keep an eye on you till this passes"   

Patch rolls his eyes and then stares at Xander" Yeah he wants him around....then again who would want to be in the guard shack with a monitor around..ohhh I like the plan stripy...what should I DO..spy some more?"   

The fox shivers at the mention of a monitor lizard, memories of how he lost part of his ear and gained the scars across his muzzle flood his mind. "er, no that will be quite ok." The fleshy head guard coughs politely into a paw, "I have the entire guard force to call on if I need to. I will manage without a body guard..."   

Xander nods "Alright..maybe it’s best he would be helpful in getting the base back. He just need to sneak in and...well try and surprise them somehow"   

Patch says, "Duhhhh...or the fox could...stay here" He picks up something off the desk and studies it closely.

"Bandit does not sneak." Bandit says bluntly, "At least, not for a while. Not since the tavern started cooking up those scrumptious little fried fish and... oh you are talking about someone else." Bandit looks somewhat embarrassed. "Anyway, is there anything else you two need from me? Otherwise I have the city defenses to plan..."   

Xander says, "I can let you know I need to help get someone back to the abbey, then knowing her she already took herself back"   

Patch blinks at Bandit and lays down the thing he was looking at, some dagger that is not interesting and shrugs as he heads to the door.   

"It would not be wise to travel right now. Not without escort. Just as it would not be wise to leave with anything that belongs in the guard shack, patch." The fox looks the rat square in the eye, "Remember who deals out punishments if you are caught."   

How does the fox know the thief has taken something? He doesn't. His pockets could be filled with just lint for all he knows. But the warning should, he hopes, be sufficient enough to keep things from disappearing around patches sticky paws.   

"Be safe, keep the light." He says to the departing warriors.   

Xander looks back at the fox and then heads out "Come on Patch before you end up in a cell"   

Patch snorts, he laid it back down..whatever as his paws go in his pockets and he walks out with the badger.

==We switch now to the Base of the Mossflower Defenders….thought right now temporary Base for The Remnant==

Eclipse was bored, she had the base and the captives, least some....heck they even had a cook and a good one. She looked to her minions "So we need to start planning how to get the town, we need more members for The Remnant.." A couple foxes look at each other" But most of the Defenders sort of...are not around boss and I think they know now and....well..are gonna come take this back"   

Brookshire was given the job of scout for several reasons. She was cunning, stealthy, she knew the lay of the land, and... to be frank, if the ferret had a job that didn't involve walking she would have died from her diet seasons ago.   

The ferret is led into the room, arms tied behind her back, leaning forward from the weight of her own gut. "Oh hey! This isn't my base! Honest mistake. I'll just head on out now..." she turns, only to be pushed back into the room by another fox.   

"We found this one spying out the base from a tree." the fox says.   

"You... you really don't need to go into details, really."   

"The branch broke under her weight, it landed on one Joel the weasel and injured him..."   

"Really? Do you really need to report that?" The ferret growls.   

Eclipse looks over and walks, she expands her wings so she is even larger, she is large for a bird of her kind as she is. "A Defender is it, spying for the stripedog..has he not learned yet, or does he need another death..."She looks at a tied up squirrel who frowns, and then back to the ferret, "Let me guess you keep an eye on supplies of this place"   

The ferret seems to shrink under the raven. Tail tucked between her legs she laughs nervously, "Y-you could say something like that, but... no, not really. I... well. Let's just say I come from a checkered past. I spy on bandit gangs and then I report their location to the boss. See, I found you guys! I must be doing so well, right?" Her nervous laughter dies down and her eyes grow wide, pleading, "Please don't kill me. I'm too young and spunky to die..."   

Eclipse calls over a weasel who seems eager to fire an arrow into the ferret "Your boss..Xander Winters most likely wants...proof you found us, let us help you with that and then you can meet him on the path to that Ferravale.....oh yeah he'll meet you but he will have proof and your be dead..."She prepares to give the fire signal   

The ferret's eyes grow wide for a moment. It would take a very poor aim for a creature to miss a target as wide as poor Brookshire. Her love of food may have made her rather slow, but her mind is still just as sharp and quick as the bandit she always was.   

"Or..." She says with a wicked smile, "I could be the one who puts an arrow in Xander." She shrugs, "I mean, he would never expect it, right? But no, no, you go ahead and waste this perfectly good opportunity just to spite Xander some more and give him more reason to storm over this place with soldiers in tow."   

Eclipse gives the wait a moment and edges ever so closely "You..would betray your own leader?" This interests her, it does so greatly.   

"Betray is such a strong word." Brookshire leans closer to the hawk with a coy smile, "I call it a simple change in employment." She laughs, "Look, Xander is a nice beast. Not the worst boss, but at the end of the day, I like my hide right where it is. If that means stabbing a few beasts in the back, hey, it happens."   

Eclipse smiles best a bird can"Well....it seems I have a new member, or course we can’t slay him....right away and when it happens I want to watch" Hey she makes sure jobs are done   

The ferret smiles, although inwardly she is screaming. "Huzzah, just what I always wanted. We can discuss pay later, after someone unties me... anyone? Anyone at all?"   

Eclipse seems unsure "SO how do I MAKE SURE you don’t betray...." She gets right in her face talon at the neck to slice if needed "Me..hmmmm?"
   
The talon sinks in deeply into the rolls of flesh about Brook's throat without drawing blood. "Money." She says quickly. "Money solves everything. I'm a creature of simple motives... promise me a reward and I swear, I'll deliver a badger to you on a silver plate!" Brookshire decides it wouldn't hurt to go the full mile and give 110% in her bargain. She, really does not want to die today it seems.   

Eclipse grins as she steps back "I will have you watched...you betray me...you die and you won’t know the direction it comes." She nods to a fox to cut the ferret free, another drops a small bag of gold “OH and you can eat some food, that hare makes very good wood pidgion  and cake"   

Rubbing her sore wrists, Brookshire sighs with relief. "Gold, wood pidgeon, cake and not being shot full of arrows. Best day ever." She hides her sarcasm, poorly. "At least I can still get to keep my room, right? HAHAHHAHAHAHHA... seriously though, what do you need me to," Brook gulps, "Do for you?"   

Eclipse keeps an eye on her, she is still surrounded" Let the badger know your alive, make up some barely escaped thing...I could care less and tell him your help him, and report to me any...plans or whatever they have, then when I tell you to...you bring me Xander Winters alive...he can be hurt but he has to be alive." She looks spooky as she speaks "So I can kill him in front of all his friends!"
   
The ferret blinks. She decides not to push why the raven hates the badger so. She decides to just take her cake and her hide and not stare that gift horse in the mouth. "Of course! I'm fairly certain I can handle that..."

The raven just gives the ferret lass more cake! Heck some cookies! If this doesn’t work out she can fatten the ferret up and have some nice dinner!

Last edited by oz (2017-09-29 06:55:32 PM)

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I play:
Brother Gorvenalus-Redwall Abbey Recorder,  Private Cole,a runner, of the Long Patrol
Oz( Yes named after Papa Oz) young adult and Novice in Redwall.